Author: BOUCHER, HENRI (Translator):
Title: [Chinese title]. Koan-hoa Tche-nan. Boussole du langage mandarin traduit and annotée par H. Boucher, S.J. missionnaire au Kiang-nan. Two volumes in one. Zi-ka-wei, Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique à l'Orphelinat de T'ou-sè-wè, 1887.
Description: . Pp. viii, 247; iv, 234. Titles printed in red and black. With text in Chinese and French. Contemporary boards, later cloth spine, rubbed. Stamp of "Missions de Scheut-Jambes". Partly with some light staining. First edition. This work was originally published for Japanese people living in Peking wishing to learn Chinese. Comprises a chapter devoted to business conversation between manadarins and merchants. Cordier BS 1696.

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